Thailand August 2013: Mitsubishi Attrage off to a great start

Mitsubishi Attrage

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This month I am able to share with you a little more detail for the Thai new car market. On top of pick-up trucks where the Toyota Hilux dominates the Isuzu D-Max with 13,898 sales vs. 12,223 and the Ford Ranger is now #4 year-to-date vs. #7 in 2012, we have a rare insight into the supermini segment. Online Thai resource Thanonline published this data to mark the release of the new generation Toyota Yaris which will enter production on October 21 locally. Now there are a few things I don’t understand, like why the Toyota Vios, Honda Jazz or Honda City are not included in this list while the Nissan Almera is, but still, it gives us a great snapshot into sales of models that were actually tailored to this market and may not make much sense elsewhere.

The Honda Amaze outsells the Brio 5 to 1 this month in Thailand.

If the Suzuki Swift leads the way with 4,001 sales and 26.3% share of the segment, the Nissan Almera, considered here as the sedan version of the Nissan Micra, sells an impressive 3,413 units for a 22.5% share while the Mitsubishi Attrage, the sedan version of the Mirage, which has its sole manufacturing plant in the world in Thailand, is off to a great start with just under 3,000 sales and 19.3% share. That’s already more than double the sales of the Mirage. Notice also the Honda Amaze outselling the Brio by a 5 to 1 ratio!

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Full August 2013 superminis and pick-up trucks Ranking Tables below.